Naturally, the grocery man didn't take what the village chief said, because he had heard and seen a lot, and the Japanese really didn't even blink an eye when they killed people. The grocer just said simply, "They all have guns in their hands, so you better be careful." ”

Then the grocery man and the village chief were silent, and they didn't speculate for more than half a sentence. After eating, the grocery man rested for a while, then got up to say goodbye to the village chief, said a few thanks, and then picked up his burden and left. Although the grocery man left, the fact that Little Japan would come to the village was imprinted in the heart of the village chief like a brand, and he began to think about whether Little Japan would come to the village.

The village chief thought about it for three days in a row, and watched it for three days, but he didn't see the little Japan that the grocery man said, but he still couldn't put his mind at ease, because he had to think about the lives of the people in this village. Just when the village chief was worried about this matter, Atsui brought him bad news. Atsui saw the village chief who was squatting at the door of the house, and beckoned to him and shouted: "Second master, second master, there are a few men in yellow clothes at the entrance of the village, and now they are on the edge of the bridge, do you want to let them in?" ”

I'm really afraid of whatever I want, usually there are few outsiders in the village, at most one or two passers-by come to beg for a bowl of rice and a bowl of water to drink, like this There are several people at a time, but there has never been. Second Master Qin immediately thought of what the grocery man said, "I estimate that it may come to your side in the next few days", this sentence rang in Second Master Qin's head, and it was washed back and forth.

"Isn't little Japan really coming to the village? Then you have to quickly tell the villagers to get ready. Maybe it's not the little Japan that the seller said? Let's wait for them to come in and see what they have to do. The village chief thought to himself.

"Second master, second master, there are people from the entrance of the village, and there are a lot of them, they are all people wearing yellow clothes and hats, do you want to let them in?" Thinking that the village chief hadn't heard, Atsui repeated it again.

"Acui, you call a few young people from the village to go to the entrance of the village to have a look, and if they do anything, come back and tell me quickly." The village chief put down the cigarette pouch and said.

When Atsui heard the words of the village chief, she ran away as if she had received a chicken feather order. The village chief felt that it was necessary for him to meet these people and confirm whether the outsiders were the little Japan that the seller said. The young Atsui passed by the door of several families, and called the names of the young people in the family in front of the house, Atsui grew up here since he was a child, and the adults and children of the village were naturally familiar with each other.

When the young men in the house heard the shouting outside the door, they all went out of the house to see what was going on. found out that it was Atsui who was calling them, so he laughed and teased: "Atsui, isn't it that the girl's parents are older, and they have learned to think about men, and they are anxious to get married." ”

Acui's cheeks turned red, and she said coquettishly: "You are thinking of men, it was the second master who asked you to go to the village to take a look, there are a few outsiders at the entrance of the village, I am afraid that they are not coming in the right way, they are not here to make a name, you guys hurry up with me to take a look." ”

Ridicule is ridicule, hearing that an outsider has come to the village, everyone's hearts are naturally tight, let Atsui wait, go back to the house to change clothes first, take a weapon and go to see together. After a while, the seven eight young men walked out with a long stick, and then walked to the entrance of the village with Atsui and the others.

When everyone arrived at the entrance of the village, a group of Japanese soldiers in yellow uniforms were scattering and kneeling on the ground, and one of them, a man with long hair and a sallow face, was talking to two women. The man with long hair was still gesturing while talking, and the plump sister-in-law Zhang was scratching the back of her head, as if she couldn't understand what they were saying.

When a few young men in the village and Atsui arrived, the long-haired Japanese soldier was still talking to Sister-in-law Zhang and the others, but this time Sister-in-law Zhang seemed to understand something and stopped the young man who was about to go up to interrogate these outsiders. The leader Qingxiang looked at Sister-in-law Zhang suspiciously, and asked, "Sister-in-law Zhang, what are these people here for, the second master asked us to take a look at the situation." ”

Zhang's sister-in-law is a young widow whose husband went out on business last year and did not return until the Chinese New Year. Later, a foreigner came from nowhere and brought back a letter from the head of the Hunan Military Region, informing her that her husband had died in the war. Since then, Sister-in-law Zhang has become a young widow, in fact, Sister-in-law Zhang is only twenty-five or sixteen years old. It is when the urgent physiological needs are satisfied, and there has always been an unwritten rule in the village that no widow can be married between neighbors, but the reason for this has long been forgotten.

It is rare for someone to come to Pingsu Village, not to mention that there will be so many people at one time, Sister-in-law Zhang naturally wants to see if there is a man she can look at and is willing to stay. So he smiled and said to Qingxiang: "They are here to beg for a bowl of rice, you look at their appearance, they must have been hungry for many days, look at them and be pitiful, let them go into the village to eat some food and drink saliva." ”

Qingxiang and several young people from the village walked up to several Japanese soldiers with weapons and carefully observed them, although these outsiders were wearing very strange clothes, and they also carried a long black stick on their shoulders, and a small sharp knife hung from the stick. But no matter how you look at it, these people outside the village seem to be hungry for several days, and they don't seem to have any malicious intent.

Qingxiang relaxed his guard and said, "Take them in, let them leave after eating, and they can't stay in the village." ”

The Japanese soldier who was talking to Sister-in-law Zhang saw that Qingxiang said that he was willing to let them into the village and thanked them in the stiff local dialect, but before he could say a few words, his body began to weaken and fell towards the ground. Sister-in-law Zhang, who was standing beside him, hurriedly helped him and walked into the village step by step.

Of course, the people in the village did not know that these outsiders were Japanese soldiers, and they did not know what the purpose of these Japanese soldiers was, because it was their momentary kindness that led to a catastrophe in the end. It seems a bit like the story of Mr. Dong Guo and the wolf, but that's the truth, it's just that there is no hunter who saved Mr. Dong Guo.

The Hunan people are undoubtedly very hospitable, regardless of whether the visitor is from Hunan or whether the other party is Chinese or not, the villagers still bring out their best food to entertain guests. The Japanese soldiers were so hungry that they didn't even come in to check if the food was poisonous.

However, what made Sister-in-law Zhang and Acui feel strange was that these people had to eat together before using chopsticks to eat, and then whispered some words that everyone didn't understand, and then clapped their hands before starting to move the chopsticks. Looking at this group of wolf-eating outsiders, Sister-in-law Zhang smiled knowingly and asked them to eat slowly and swallow carefully.

The Japanese soldier who was talking to Zhang's sister-in-law said in the Hunan dialect that he was not very familiar with: "You...... You don't know, we haven't eaten in five days, we're so hungry, and the food you're cooking is really delicious. ”

Although the hospitality of the people in the village is enough to praise, everyone is undoubtedly still not satisfied with the intention of this group of people, like this group of people who will bring their own dry food, and the group in front of them said that they have been hungry for five days. If it is on foot, it is a maximum of two days to get here from the county seat, and there are many villages and towns inhabited before Yinwu Village, and they will not be hungry like this.

The village chief Qin Erye didn't know when he quietly came to the door of Sister-in-law Zhang's house, in fact, Qin Erye was not willing to stay in front of Sister-in-law Zhang's house for more, and it was even more impossible to enter the door. As the saying goes, "there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door", and it is normal for Second Master Qin to be reluctant to go in. Second Master Qin glanced at the pedestrian in front of the door a few times, and felt that they did not look like bad people, but like long-term workers who had been hungry for a long time.

"Atsui, let them leave quickly after eating, let everyone send them out of the village together, and if they have any resistance, come back and call someone immediately." Second Master Qin whispered beside Acui's ear.

"Got it, Second Master. But looking at this day, it seems that it is about to rain, and if it rains, we will not be able to drive them away. Atsui looked up at the cloudy sky, and it looked like it was about to rain heavily. It's only June, but the weather is already starting to get stuffy.

"Then tell them to eat quickly, and send them out of the village before it rains, so as not to have more trouble." Second Master Qin took a sip and said without thinking.

Maybe this group of people is too good to eat, this meal has been eaten for half an hour, Qin Erye has already gone home, and the young people in the village have never left half a step, and have always locked their eyes on the Japanese soldiers. Atsui was also happy, because her sweetheart also happened to be among them, and according to the two of them, they planned to discuss their marriage with their parents in a few days. So Atsui secretly glanced at her sweetheart a few times without having anything to do, but she was afraid that others would find out about the two of them, and she felt ashamed when she thought about it.

Several Japanese soldiers had already put down their chopsticks, and some of them touched their bulging bellies with satisfaction, and from time to time they said two sentences, "Yo Xi, Yo Xi". Acui They didn't understand, and they didn't want to care about what they were talking about, Acui remembered what Second Master Qin had told her, and called Sister-in-law Zhang in a low voice. Sister-in-law Zhang heard someone calling her, and turned to look at Acui, who beckoned to Sister-in-law Zhang and motioned for Sister-in-law Zhang to come to her side.

"Sister-in-law Zhang, Second Master Qin said that they would leave as soon as they finished eating, I see that they have almost eaten, so let's send them away quickly." Atsui leaned over and whispered in Sister-in-law Zhang's ear.

"But if you look at the weather, it's going to rain soon, and it's not good for them to brave the rain to hurry." Sister-in-law Zhang looked at the gloomy sky outside the door and said hesitantly.

"Second Master Qin said to let them leave quickly after eating, let them leave before it rains, and they can't stay in the village for the night." Acui was a little dissatisfied with Sister-in-law Zhang's statement, and added another sentence to herself.

"Okay then, I'll go tell them, you wait." Sister-in-law Zhang was in trouble, in fact, she wanted to leave this group of people to stay overnight, but the village chief's words were holy decrees, even if she was a widow, she didn't dare to disobey the village chief's wishes.

I don't know what Sister-in-law Zhang is talking to the group of Japanese soldiers, because the voice is so small that Acui and they can hardly hear it. I only knew that the man who was talking to Sister-in-law Zhang nodded from time to time, and suddenly bowed to Sister-in-law Zhang and Acui when he was talking. Sister-in-law Zhang came over and told Acui that the group would leave the village immediately, and asked Sister-in-law Zhang to express her gratitude to the people in the village on their behalf.

The Japanese soldiers took their guns on their backs, put on their hats and walked out of Zhang's sister-in-law's house as a group, and the young people in the village saw that this group of people was willing to leave, and they also put down a lot of big stones in their hearts, and they all sent them out of the village with a smile. Only then did Atsui realize that only the handsome man seemed to speak the Hunan dialect among the outsiders in the village, and the others had never spoken to Zhang's sister-in-law and them from beginning to end.